There is also a more recent one in Syria :"How Seeds from War-Torn Syria Could Help Save American Wheat - May 14, 2018 https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-seeds-from-war-torn-syria... And another take on it here: How Syrians Saved an Ancient Seedbank From Civil War When civil war broke out in Syria, Ahmed Amri immediately thought about seeds. Specifically, 141,000 packets of them sitting in cold storage 19 miles south of Aleppo. https://www.wired.com/2015/04/syrians-saved-ancient-seedbank...

We might need to preserve seeds again due to climate change. Impressive to read about those who literally sacrificed their life during a siege for science and the future of humanity. Thanks for sharing. Show 3 replies

Pity the Ukrainian seed bank did not survive the Russians https://www.newscientist.com/article/2321008-priceless-sampl...

Elise Blackwell wrote "Hunger", a novel about these botanists, which I thought was well done.

There's a song about this: 'When The War Came' by The Decemberists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJHOiQ2uniU

Almost cried while reading this. I knew the story vaguely, but those details...

Cosmos with Neil Degrasse Tyson also did an episode on this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaqVg6BXXtA

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What kind of cabbage is that? I mean look at their size. Show 1 reply

see: Lysenkoism